Only One Deck - Which would you choose?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 19 Jul 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Kurai Yuko	19 Jul 2003
Hi! I hope everybody is doing well today! This is just for the sake of curiosity: if you had to go to an island in the middle of nowhere, and you could take only one Tarot deck with you, which one would you choose? Or better, which deck do you usually take with you on trips? And why? All right, enough of questions. It's really silly, i know, but i am a very curious person :) Thanks, ladies and gentlemen, for your attention! ~Yuko

Centaur	19 Jul 2003
I don't think I could choose. But if I HAD to.... then I would take my Thoth tarot. But then, whenever I am gone for long periods of time, I usually take my Hanson-Roberts. Hmnnn.... tarot confusion! :)

Woof	19 Jul 2003
We did this not too long ago. You might want to see http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?threadid=15711&highlight=island I still stick with my Universal Rider Waite (Smith)! Woof

Alobar	19 Jul 2003
Thoth, no doubt. i don't even need to think about it. i bought the pocket-sized one to keep in my glovebox, so i would always have it handy!

Le_Corsair	19 Jul 2003
I'd pick the Universal Tarot by de Angelis. Once I receive my Tarot of Prague deck, it'll be that one. :) Bob :THERM

Cerulean	19 Jul 2003
I'm going to put a twist on this: If I could only take the deck and a book or two, what would it be? Well, let's pretend I'm wanting to just learn to read with one deck. At the moment, I'm trying to read with the Di Gumppenberg 1830-1840 and the book's deck (it's in Italian, so I'm learning slowly). But if I get to take the Tarot:Reading the Future with it's mini punchouts or just the Di Gumppenberg and this, I'd spend most of my leisure just figuring out the layout pairings. Just for right now. Next week might be different.

Kurai Yuko	19 Jul 2003
Quote: Originally posted by Mari_Hoshizaki I'm going to put a twist on this: If I could only take the deck and a book or two, what would it be? Well, let's pretend I'm wanting to just learn to read with one deck. At the moment, I'm trying to read with the Di Gumppenberg 1830-1840 and the book's deck (it's in Italian, so I'm learning slowly). But if I get to take the Tarot:Reading the Future with it's mini punchouts or just the Di Gumppenberg and this, I'd spend most of my leisure just figuring out the layout pairings. Just for right now. Next week might be different. Hello Mari! I agree with you. My Tarot Deck changes weekly, thats why i could never really answer this question. Today i'd take me Mythic Tarot. Tomorrow...another day, another deck. Or not. Confusing, huh? Thank you all for sharing your opinion! ~Yuko

LadyMedusa	20 Jul 2003
This is an easy one... Hmm... err... Only one deck?...umm...well... ok that settles it I just won't go. LadyMedusa

Rusty Neon	20 Jul 2003
(1) I'd bring along a Gilligan's Island Tarot, the perfect stranded-on-a-desert-isle theme deck. Hurry up, someone, and publish it. :) Amazon.com has an item listed called "Gilligan's Island Revisited [tarot]" at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/8888800000/medfordtrails-20/102-0247980-5984970 but I'm not sure if that's a tarot deck. (2) Or I'd bring along the Geographic Tarot, for the maps. (3) Or, seriously, I'd bring along the 1971 Rider-Waite deck. Love live the 1971 Rider-Waite !

Osher	22 Jul 2003
Hmm, which deck, ah, choices choices. For pure reading, well, the Old Path. One can always more find symbolism in the cards too. There again, the Rohrig are beautiful, and the Manara might remind me of what I am missing? Hmm, on reflection, the Old Path I reckon.

Little Baron	22 Jul 2003
So many great decks but I would probably take the Universal Waite. On the other hand ... I think that I might take 78 plain cards and a pack of pencils!!! Yaboot

littlegreen	22 Jul 2003
Any one. It wouldn't matter. And if I got stranded, who would I be reading for?

Silverlotus	23 Jul 2003
Even though I don't really know it well, I think I would take the Thoth. Learning it would give me a lot to do. But, maybe I would want something a little more friendly. Then it would be the Robin Wood.

carrielynnsim	25 Jul 2003
Robin Wood, don't know why... but I always seem to go to that one for no particular reason. Even when I look for new ones, I see Robin Wood, and I always compare, lol

Voodoo_Shaman	26 Jul 2003
I would take the Blank Tarot published by US Games, and a good pack of artist pencils, and pens. Hey I got it, The Stranded tarot, or The Shipwrecked tarot, or better yet, The Only Survivor of a Plane Crash Tarot. Voodoo Shaman

lawguy51	27 Jul 2003
Thoth, but which Thoth, small or green? Yikes, I don't know. Lawguy51

Cerulean	27 Jul 2003
any natives that you read for may say, "Landlubber's cards are seasick"...truly, I very much like the cards that are not green. My opinion, only... I saw on Ebay recently a listing for 'rare' or 'scarce' tarot--Thoth green tint, very rare or oop, something like that. Ouch.

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